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ZAF-DATAFIRST-ESS-2001-2013-V1.3
Employers and Self Employed Series 2001-2013
South Africa
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2001 - 2013
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ess-2001-2013-v1.3
Data file: ess-2001-2013-v1.3
Cases:
0
Variables:
133
Variables
uqnr
household id variable, as in original data
personnr
Person number
weight
Stats SA person weight
busnumber
Business number of the owner
year
Year of survey
gender
Owner's Gender
popgroup
Owner's Population Group
location
Firm's location
paylocation
Do you pay for the location for business purposes
recordtype
Type of record keeping
expseparate
Are business expenditures recorded separately from hh expenditures?
license
Does bus.have permits or licenses
incometax
Is bus. registered for income tax? (2005+2009 only)
uif
Is bus. registered for UIF?
monthoperate
No. of months firm operated in last year
whynooperate
Main reason the business did not operate in some months?
firmage
Age of the firm
startreason
Main reason you started the business?
singleowner
single owner?
partnersinhh
Partners in your households?
numhhpartners
No. of partners in the household
partnersinothhh
Partners outside your hh?
numothpartners
No. of partners outside the household
emppaid1yr
No. of paid employees 1 year ago
empunpaid1yr
No. of unpaid employees 1 year ago
emppaid
No. of paid employees in last 7 days
empunpaid
No. of unpaid employees in last 7 days
empunpft
No. of full time unpaid employees
emppft
No. of full time paid employees
empunpt
No. of part-time unpaid employees
empppt
No. of part-time paid employees
emppmale
No. of paid male workers
emppfemale
No. of paid female workers
empunpmale
No. of unpaid male workers
empunpfemale
No. of unpaid female workers
emppblack
No. of black paid employees
empunpblack
No. of black unpaid employees
emppcoloured
No. of coloured paid employees
empunpcoloured
No. of coloured unpaid employees
emppindian
No. of Indian paid employees
empunpindian
No. of Indian unpaid employees
emppwhite
No. of white paid employees
empunpwhite
No. of white unpaid employees
suppliescost
Amt spent on supplies in last month
wages
Amt spent on wages in last month
inkind
Amt spent on in kind payments in last month
trans
Amt spent on transport refunds in last month
otherlabcost
Amt spent on other labour costs in last month
rawmatamt
Amt spent on raw materials in last month
elec
Amt spent on electricity in last month
water
Amt spent on water in last month
fuel
Amt spent on fuel in last month
spares
Amt spent on spares in last month
rentprem
Amt spent on renting premises in last month
rentequip
Amt spent on renting equipment in last month
office
Amt spent on office supplies in last month
transport
Amt spent on transport of raw mat in last month
repairs
Amt spent on repairs in last month
busservices
Amt spent on business services in last month
insmort
Amt spent on insurance and mortgage in last month
protection
Amt spent on protection agencies in last month
other
Amt spent on other in last month
wagesown
Own salary (2009, 2013 only)
inkindown
Own payment in kind (2009, 2013 only)
transown
Own transport pay (2009, 2013 only)
otherown
Own other renumeration (2009, 2013 only)
sales
Gross income from sales in the last calendar month
otherinc
Other income not from sales in last calendar month
profit
Net income/profit in last calendar month
avgprofit
Average profit made after deductions
currentdebt
Business currently has debt?
debtsize
Debt Amt
invmach
Did the business invest in machinery in the last year?
invmachamt
Amount spent on machinery in the past year
invtools
Did the business invest in tools in the past year?
invtoolsamt
Amount spent on tools in the past year
invvehicle
Did the business invest in vehicles, trailers, etc. for transport in the past ye
invvehicleamt
Amount spent on vehicles, trailers, etc. for transport in the past year
invbuilding
Did the business invest in buildings and other structures in the past year?
invbuildingamt
Amount spent on buildings and other structures in the past year
invfurniture
Did the business invest in furniture in the past year?
invfurnitureamt
Amount spent on furniture in the past year
invother
Did the business invest in other capital items in the past year?
invotheramt
Amount spent on other capital items in the past year
startupk
Start up capital req?
ownstartupk
Used own money for start up k?
startupkamt
Amt of own money used for start up k
startupkcoop
Borrowed from coop/stokvel for start up K? (01+05 only)
startupkcoopamt
Amt borrowed from coop for start up k? (01+05 only)
startupkother
Borrowed from other source for start up K? (01+05 only)
startupkothamt
Amt borrowed from other sources for start up k? (01+05 only)
startupkborrowany
Borrowed to start business? (09+13 only)
startupkborrowamt
Amount borrowed to start business (09+13 only)
toilettype
Toilet facilities available
elecavail
Electricity avail on site? (not in 2009)
assistmostimp
What is the most important thing you need assistance with? (not in 2009)
province
From PALMS: Province
ea
From PALMS: Primary Sampling Unit number
stratum
From PALMS: stratum (2001 only)
stratum2
From PALMS: stratum (2009 and 2013 only)
urbrur
From PALMS: location type (2001 only)
urbrur2
From PALMS: location type (2009 and 2013 only)
metro
From PALMS: metro code (2009 and 2013 only)
ceweight2
From PALMS: Cross Entropy weight: ASSA2008 midyear estimates
pweight
Stats SA person weight from (Q)LFS
inperson
From PALMS: Is the person responding in person?
marstat
From PALMS: Owner's Marital Status
age
From PALMS: Owner's Age
yrseduc
From PALMS: Owner's Years of education, derived variable
educhigh1
From PALMS: Owner's Highest level of Education (2001 only)
educhigh2
From PALMS: Owner's Highest level of Education (2009 and 2013 only)
enrollment3
From PALMS: Owner's Enrollment (2001 only)
empstat1
From PALMS: Owner's Employment status, official
empstat2
From PALMS: Owner's Employment status, expanded
employer
From PALMS: Who does ... work for in main job (2001 only)
jobocccode
From PALMS: 1 digit occupation code
occupation
From PALMS: 4 digit occupation code
industry
From PALMS: 3 digit industry code
jobindcode
From PALMS: 1 digit industry code
indus
1 digit industry code from SESE
numworkers
From PALMS: Number of regular workers at job (2001 only)
jobstartyear
From PALMS: Year started working in this job
jobstartmonth
From PALMS: Month started working in this job
hrslstwk
From PALMS: Hours worked in total in last 7 days
earnings
From PALMS: consistent monthly earnings (rand amt) variable (not in 2013)
outlier
From PALMS: regression based outlier flag showing a studentised residual with va
hhsize
(derived) from PALMS: household size
numemployed
(derived) from PALMS: Number of employed in hh excl business owner
numwageemployed
(derived) from PALMS: Number of wage employed in hh excl business owner
numselfemployed
(derived) from PALMS: Number of self-employed in hh excl business owner
numkids
(derived) from PALMS: Number of <15 in the hh
numold
(derived) from PALMS: Number of 65+ in the hh
cpi
CPI from P0141 series by Stats SA, revised so that SESE 2013 is the base year
Total: 133
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